Rafael Vaganian

Soviet chess player.

Born October 15th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Yerevan.

Peter C. Doherty

Australian immunologist.

Born October 15th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Brisbane.

Troels Lyby

Danish actor.

Born October 15th, 1966 (age 59 years) in Denmark.

Sam Balter

American basketball player and sportscaster (1909–1998).

Born October 15th, 1909 in Detroit.

Died August 8th, 1998 at 88 years old in Los Angeles.

Alonso Martínez

Costa rican association football player.

Born October 15th, 1998 (age 27 years) in Chira.

Mikael Appelgren

Swedish table tennis player.

Born October 15th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Stockholm.

Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval

Icelandic painter (1885-1972).

Born October 15th, 1885 in Iceland.

Died April 13th, 1972 at 86 years old in Reykjavík.

Mizuho Sakaguchi

Japanese association football player.

Born October 15th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Sakai.

Fujishima Takeji

Japanese painter (1867-1943).

Born October 15th, 1867 in Ikenoue-chō. ^[ref]

Died March 19th, 1943 at 75 years old in Tokyo (intracranial hemorrhage).

Roman Ghirshman

French archaeologist (1895-1979).

Born October 15th, 1895 in Kharkiv.

Died September 5th, 1979 at 83 years old in Budapest.